![]() ![]() ![]() You can reduce color ink costs significantly with the XL cartridges, which are $18 for 750 pages, or 2.4 cpp. That’s just shy of 15 cents for a four-color page. The standard cyan, magenta, and yellow cartridges cost $10 each and last for 300 pages (3.3 cents per page), while the standard black costs $12 and lasts for 250 pages, or 4.8 cents per page (cpp). Ink costs for the Photosmart 7520 are about average for a mainstream inkjet. Even draft-setting documents, which issue forth considerably faster, are more than legible. Text is sharp and dark at default settings, and nearly laser-like at best settings. Monochrome graphics lacked a distracting green or purple tinge. Photos, printed using a high-quality setting, feature an elegantly cool color palette and excellent detail in even dark areas. The Photosmart 7520’s output quality is among the best we’ve seen from an inkjet. ![]() Scanning and copying speeds are a tad faster than average compared with other inkjet MFPs we’ve tested. A letter-size, high-resolution photo printed on the Mac to glossy paper took about 2.5 minutes (a middling rate of 0.4 ppm). The same photo on letter-size photo paper took 62 seconds (0.98 ppm). A 4-by-6-inch photo printed at default settings on plain (letter-size) paper took about 16 seconds (or 3.75 ppm). We chose a higher-quality setting for printing color photos, producing slower times but better output quality (see below). Monochrome pages of text and text with graphics emerged at 9.5 pages per minute (ppm) on the PC and 9 ppm on the Mac. The unit achieved average to better speeds in our tests. The Photosmart can print and scan in duplex (both sides of the page), but duplex scanning requires two passes. However, the lid for the A4 flatbed scanner doesn’t telescope to accommodate thicker materials. There’s also a 25-sheet automatic document feeder (ADF) for the scanner. The main paper tray holds 125 sheets, and integrated into its top is a secondary photo tray that holds up to 20 sheets of photo paper (5-by-7-inch maximum). Windows XP/Vista/7/8, Mac OS X 10.While the Photosmart 7520 is photo-centric, its paper-handling features extend well beyond that. ![]() HP's figures suggest that the photo cartridge will last for an average of 290 6x4in photos, which works out at roughly 4p per photo for this cartridge alone. Excluding it, pages of mixed text and graphics should cost just under 7p, which is quite reasonable. Unlike some other systems, HP's photo black ink is only used during photo prints, meaning that we can't factor it into our running cost calculations. This is the first time we've encountered an HP printer using the increasingly popular five-ink setup, which includes a pigment black for text printing on plain paper, and dye-based black, cyan, magenta and yellow inks for photos. The huge screen is put to good use, offering features such as a document preview during copy operations. It's generally quick to respond to taps and swipes, but we found it helped to briefly tap-hold selections to be sure the input had registered. It comprises a 4.3in screen surrounded by a few context-sensitive function buttons, displaying clear and feature-rich menus. We haven't always enjoyed HP's printer touch interfaces, but this one is brilliant. ![]()
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